Punch Shots: Super Bowl not the only show on TV

The NFL logo at midfield of MetLife Stadium is illuminated by lights on television reporters' videocameras as members of the media are given a tour under a tarp used by crews to keep the turf dry ahead of Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, N.J. (Julio Cortez, Associated Press)

The Super Bowl is Sunday — you might have heard — and the rest of the sports universe cedes the stage.

Even the Davis Cup tries to finish before Peyton Manning gets going. That means the poor Brits will have flown across 5,500 miles and eight time zones to San Diego to play first thing in the morning. (If the U.S. or the clay surface can’t beat them, their own body clocks probably will).

If you’re looking for alternative programming come Sunday about 6 p.m., here’s a few options:

• World Series of Poker, ESPN2: If you like gambling, here’s an option. Of course if you like gambling, you might have an urge to see if the over is beating the under.

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• Law and Order: SVU, USA: There’s a Law & Order marathon on, but the producers missed a great opportunity for an even better spinoff: Law & Order: NFL. Given the number of players accused of domestic violence, driving under the influence, drug offenses, and yes, animal cruelty, there would never be any shortage of storylines.

• Hot in Cleveland, TVLand: About the only way Cleveland will ever get mentioned on Super Bowl Sunday. The city is one of four whose franchises have never even made the Super Bowl — Jacksonville, Houston and Detroit are the others — and given the furor over putting the game in a cold-weather site, it’s doubtful Cleveland will ever host one. Even if Hall & Oates are going into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• 12 Angry Men, TCM: No, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman isn’t one of the 12, but Henry Fonda is. Imagine how much madder he’d have been if Michael Crabtree had been talking about him.

• 30 for 30, ESPN: Remember what Roberto Duran said to Sugar Ray Leonard? No mas. By 10:30 p.m. or so Sunday, it will apply to the Super Bowl for another year.